communication between schools

[moncloa1230]

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do you guys think admissions committees of different schools talk to eachother about specific applicants? like if 1 person is really strong? or conversely, perhaps a blacklist of applicants who have lied?

just wondering....

 

[Lshapley]

I was at a "Meet the med schools" meeting last year and, in front of all of us, two adcom members briefly discussed one applicant that was accepted to both schools and attended one vs. the other. They didn't say anything unprofessional, but it just showed us that these people know each other and do discuss applicants. I doubt they talk about the average applicant, but if you are very unprofessional and really stellar, then they might discuss your candidacy.

 

[hj7korp]

do you guys think admissions committees of different schools talk to eachother about specific applicants? like if 1 person is really strong? or conversely, perhaps a blacklist of applicants who have lied?

just wondering....

I highly doubt it. They're too busy for that. The directors of admissions sometimes share an example of their students to show what kind of people they are looking for, though, if that's what you're asking.

 

[ChubbyChaser]

It would be kind of ridiculous if they did.

 

[drizzt3117]

I have heard of people been blacklisted for stuff like sending multiple letters of intent etc... but I'm not sure how prevalent that is.

 

[Lshapley]

I have heard of people been blacklisted for stuff like sending multiple letters of intent etc... but I'm not sure how prevalent that is.

That's interesting. Wonder if their acceptance was withdrawn? Meaning that the applicant sent a LOI to School B, and then turned them down when accepted. School B sends out a bulletin to other schools about the applicant and School A withdraws the acceptance. That would make the most sense to me. Anything else would seem too much like a conspiracy.

 

[jochi1543]

I have heard of people been blacklisted for stuff like sending multiple letters of intent etc... but I'm not sure how prevalent that is.

I've heard of one school calling the other because an applicant had not shown up for an interview and didn't bother calling to cancel. I don't know if the first school rejected that applicant, though, but I know the call was made specifically to prevent the first school from accepting an applicant who was so disrespectful to the second school and his/her fellow applicants.

Basically, if you act like a total @$$, it's likely to backfire.

 

[Ace-Co-A]

I'm necrobumping this thread (get at me, bro!) to ask this question again (i.e., whether communication between AdComms occurs). In particular, it seems reasonable to me that public schools within the same state might communicate about certain applicants (as was mentioned in an even older thread, quoted below).

i'm not sure about private schools but i've heard there is quite a bit of communication amongst state schools, or at least within the UC system.

I'll elaborate on this a little bit to get at why I think this is a reasonable practice for AdComms: given the limited number of seats each public medical school has and their mutual desire to train physicians for that state, doesn't it make sense that they communicate about which school is taking which kid? Surely there is no point in offering the same kid seats in two (or more!) public medical schools in the same state. Doesn't this limit the number of students that the school can attract (i.e., because one of their seats has been offered to a kid who already has a seat in another public school in that state)?

Also, at what point would such communication be necessary to avoid redundancies in medical school admissions? Before the interview or before the acceptance offer?

Finally, is there any reason that private schools would participate in such communication? (This seems less likely to me).

Haha, sorry if this is coming from left field, but it was something I was thinking about during the application season. Thanks in advance for your thoughts!

 

[tmn]

I'm necrobumping this thread (get at me, bro!) to ask this question again (i.e., whether communication between AdComms occurs). In particular, it seems reasonable to me that public schools within the same state might communicate about certain applicants (as was mentioned in an even older thread, quoted below).



I'll elaborate on this a little bit to get at why I think this is a reasonable practice for AdComms: given the limited number of seats each public medical school has and their mutual desire to train physicians for that state, doesn't it make sense that they communicate about which school is taking which kid? Surely there is no point in offering the same kid seats in two (or more!) public medical schools in the same state. Doesn't this limit the number of students that the school can attract (i.e., because one of their seats has been offered to a kid who already has a seat in another public school in that state)?

Also, at what point would such communication be necessary to avoid redundancies in medical school admissions? Before the interview or before the acceptance offer?

Finally, is there any reason that private schools would participate in such communication? (This seems less likely to me).

Haha, sorry if this is coming from left field, but it was something I was thinking about during the application season. Thanks in advance for your thoughts!

A director of admissions at a state school told us upfront that they are in contact with other public schools in the state about applicants admitted to multiple state schools in an attempt to predidict where they would matriculate, especially in terms of wait list movement.

 

[tmn]

I agree that it seems more difficult and less beneficial for private schools to speculate with other schools.

 

[gyngyn]

MD Admissions deans get together at AAMC events. The deans in states with multiple schools know each other (whether private or public). They do not "collaborate" on admissions, however.